The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz is the 18th episode of the
fourth season of the American animated television series Family Guy.
It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on
December 18, 2005. The episode follows Peter's decision to find a new
religion for himself. After several failed attempts, he chooses the
one man who has always been there for him, Fonzie, and starts the
First United Church of the Fonz.The episode was written by Danny Smith
and directed by James Purdum. It received mostly positive reviews from
critics for its storyline and many cultural references. According to
Nielsen ratings, it was viewed in 8.26 million homes in its original
airing in the United States. The episode featured guest performances
by Paula Abdul, Tom Bosley, Gary Cole, Charles Durning, Sherman
Hemsley, Phil LaMarr, Sherry Romito, Marion Ross, Amir Talai, Fred
Tatasciore, Sarah Utterback and Wally Wingert, along with several
recurring guest voice actors for the series.Peter's devout Catholic
father, Francis, visits Quahog. Upon arrival, he insists that Stewie
be baptized as a Catholic. After visiting a church with Peter and
Stewie, Francis is informed that the holy water is tainted and he will
have to wait. Francis is in disbelief, and baptizes Stewie himself.
Stewie soon becomes unwell and is informed that he must be quarantined
and kept in a germ-free environment by a doctor for the time being
until his immune system's strength recovers at the end of the episode.
Then Lois discovers that Francis coaxed Peter into having Stewie
baptized without her knowledge, and tells Peter to choose his own
religious beliefs and not allow himself to be a slave to his father's
religion. Peter initially converts to Mormonism to take advantage of
polygamy, but then discovers that Mormons cannot drink alcohol. He
then tries Jehovah's Witnesses and attempts door-to-door preaching.
However, when he finds someone who is actually interested in hearing
what he has to say, he realizes he has no idea what to teach them. As
a last resort, Peter tries Hinduism but gets himself kicked out after
tackling the guru to the floor, believing the red dot on his head to
be a laser spot from a sniper rifle. Unable to find a religion suited
to him, Peter decides to create his own religion, based on Happy Days,
calling his newly founded church the "First United Church of the
Fonz".To the Griffins' (mainly Lois') surprise, many people turn up
for the first worship service, much to the annoyance of Brian, who
dislikes the idea that Peter is a religious leader (likely due to
Brian being an atheist). In order to stop Peter from continuing his
new religion, Brian joins forces with Francis to find a way to deter
people from worshiping the Fonz. Three actors - serving as
representatives from other religions - show up to the services of the
Church of the Fonz. The first, Sherman Hemsley, informs people that he
has formed the Church of George Jefferson (from All in the Family and
The Jeffersons) and a good portion of the congregation leaves with
him. The second person is Gavin MacLeod, who claims to have created
the Church of Captain Stubing (from The Love Boat) and another chunk
of the congregation leaves with him. The third person is Kirk Cameron
and Peter assumes that Cameron is there to announce the formation of
the Church of Mike Seaver (Cameron's character on Growing Pains), but
Cameron lets him know that he's only here to convert people back to
Christianity and the remainder of the congregation leaves with him.
Back at home, Lois comforts Peter, who is upset at the failure of his
Church, by telling him that if his church embraced the Fonz's values
of friendship, it is worthwhile, but Peter highly doubts it and Peter
converts back to Christianity, however the scene shifts and Francis is
shown looking at a picture of the Fonz, puts it down on a table, gets
on his knees as if to pray, and claps to the beat of "Rock Around the
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